BSc (Hons) Nursing (Learning Disabilities)

Course summary
This course achieved 95% overall student satisfaction in the National Student Survey 2016. This places us in the top ten universities in the UK for overall satisfaction with our nursing courses. In addition, UWL has jumped 37 places to number 84 in The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2017. This is the biggest rise of any university in the UK.

Overview
Learning disability nursing is an exciting, challenging and rewarding career. You will contribute to the health and wellbeing of people with learning disabilities, facilitate quality lives and enable them to live as independently as possible.
Why choose this course?
As a student studying learning disability nursing you will achieve a BSc (Hons) Nursing and become registered as a Learning Disability Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.

You will learn how to assess the often complex social and health care needs of people with learning disabilities and prepare and deliver robust, research based care plans. Needs can be varied and linked to physical disabilities, epilepsy, mental health issues/challenging behaviour, or difficulties with speech, hearing or vision.
You will develop skills as a manager, enabler and co-ordinator of services, enabling people with learning disabilities to maintain / and or enhance their physical and mental health.
Importantly, you will learn how to build effective, compassionate relationships and advocate for people with learning disabilities in a variety of health and social care settings. This will mean learning to work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team, for example with psychologists, social workers, teachers, GPs, occupational therapists and speech and language therapists. Your aim will be to facilitate access to high quality care, to enable each individual to meet their full potential.
This exciting course will also allow you to develop a broad range of skills including, teaching, leadership and management. Finally, you...